Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the US Capitol before his state funeral in Washington, DC, and burial in Georgia.

The former president's coffin, draped in the American flag, was carried up the steps of the Capitol and into the Rotunda.

Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Tuesday before a funeral service later this week. Follow for live news updates.

Jimmy Carter’s remains, flown from Georgia on Tuesday, will be taken in a procession to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state for two days.

On Thursday, late President Carter is set to depart the U.S. Capitol at 9 a.m. and travel to the Washington National Cathedral for a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. followed by the National Funeral Services at 10 a.m. Then, Carter and his family will return to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, where they will board back to Georgia.

Late President Jimmy Carter's State Funeral ends Thursday in Washington, D.C., and Georgia, according to the United States Capitol Police.

While cold weather and heightened security most likely dampened turnout, thousands of well-wishers still traipsed through the snow and ice to pay final tribute to the 39th president.

Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol after a horse-drawn funeral procession brought his casket from the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The former president's National Funeral Service is on Thursday,

The disturbing incident unfolded in front of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial just before 5:30 p.m. – at the same time Trump, 78, was arriving at the Capitol Building.

The Capitol has a more expansive policy for lying in state. Congressman Henry Clay, in 1852, was the first to lie in the Capitol Rotunda. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover lay in the Capitol in 1972. Police officers killed in 1998 while protecting the Capitol also lay in state there. Sen. John McCain lay in state after his death earlier this year.

Capitol police have identified the 35-year-old man accused of trying to light his spray-painted car on fire near where former President Carter was lying in state.

Jimmy Carter's remains will arrive in Washington, D.C., where it will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. Here's what you need to know about his transfer.